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CLOSED: Lanesplitter Pizza
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Veg-options
Serves meat, vegan options available. Offers a couple of vegan specific pizzas with vegan cheese -- the spicy vegan and the herbivore pizza -- as well a calzone with vegan cheese. Vegan cheese used is called Notta Ricotta, which is soy-based cheese substitute containing Toffutti products. Toppings include vegan sausage. Reported closed June 2022.
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2033 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, California, USA, 94702
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Last update on 19 Jun 2022 by elizan
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5 Reviews
First Review by Mimi710
JonMosesSchickman
Points +56
Clearly ordered vegan pizza got CowCheese horrible service - Edit
Ordered delivery through GrubHub, BTW it sucks that I have to pay a 3rd party site extra to get pizza delivered. It didn’t used to be that way.
Read moreOrdered the vegan pizza & a half order of breadsticks & in comments just to be totally clear I emphasized everything must be dairy & egg free.
I’ve had their house made vegan ricotta before & always enjoyed it. So I could tell there was something wrong when my pizza arrived. I saw that they put cow cheese on it.
Fortunately I’m in a habit of checking my food & therefore didn’t eat any of it & I understand that people make mistakes. But here is where they earn the negative review.
I called to complain & they hung up on me... thinking we got disconnected I called back & they didn’t pick up. I tried a few times & nothing.
I contacted GrubHub Customer service & they contacted Lanesplitter who told them I never requested the vegan option. I ask the representative to look at the order & sure enough they could see the restaurant screwed it up.
After a 2nd call from GrubHub lanesplitter removed the incorrect pizza from the order. But did not refund taxes & delivery fees. So in the end I waited 45 minutes , I spent another 25 minutes arguing on the phone to end up paying $15 for a $3 half order of breadsticks.
We ended up giving the pizza & breadsticks away as decided if they care so little about quality control it’s not worth getting sick.
Lanesplitter was always kinda a surly punk rocker dive but that was part of the charm. Still you didn’t have to worry about he sick & the quality was really good but whole place has been slipping for a while now.
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100%vegan
Points +652
Delicious slice - Edit
Vegan slices all day. You only get one option for a vegan slice of pizza, but you can order an entire pizza if you want. The vegan cheese is ricotta like verses a grated vegan cheese. Side salad is easily vegan with kidney and garbanzo beans to add to the flavor.
Read morePros: Good beer selection, Quick service and priced right, Good crust
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imightnotloveyou
Points +62
super meh - Edit
Very bland pizza. The two stars are for at least having a vegan option but it's pizza like this that gives vegan food a bad name.
Read moreI've called several locations to try and find out if the dough is vegan or if the cheese is made with animal rennet and no one seems to know anything about the ingredients.
Bottom line-pizza is bland, way overpriced and no one knows what's in it...dun dun dun.
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breathingwater76
Points +35
Vegans Beware - Edit
I went to Lanesplitter a couple weeks ago. A man took our order. My friend ordered her items, including the "Vegan Herbivore". She mentioned having seen it in the display up front. She's not vegan but wanted to try it. I am vegan and severely lactose intolerant. I ordered the same thing. I, as I typically do in non-vegan restaurants, pointed to the item on the menu & specifically stated "Vegan". I order 3 slices because I'd barely eaten all day and was starving. It was my last day in CA before flying back to NYC. My first ever visit to Berkeley, & my one day to spend with my friend I hardly get to see. We were talking & eating, I commented that the cheese was very much like real cheese, as far as I could recall. When the waiter came to get the plates, after I'd eaten all 3 slices, I said "Wow, that vegan cheese is a lot like real cheese". He said "Oh, you wanted the vegan one"? I said "Yes, that is what I ordered". So I spent about an hour or more barfing in their bathroom, which, after chemo, I really bleeping hate, and then we went to get some lactose digestive pills that cost me $12! The waiter apologized and comped most of our meal, although he did charge us for a drink which I felt was really lame. He should have comped us AND offered us what we really order to go so I could eat vegan pizza after I barfed up the rest. I can't get that time back, but Lanesplitter can fix their menu. If you offer a vegan version of a non-vegan pizza give it an entirely different name. Apparently they have one called "Herbivore" and one called "Vegan Herbivore". I've been vegan a very long time so I am good at being specific. The waiter didn't ask us "vegan or non-vegan" so I had no reason to believe he had not heard me say "vegan". Plus, I had not seen on the menu that that particular pizza came as anything but vegan. Pointing at the menu should have made it obvious. It ruined my last day in CA, which makes me sad. Very disappointing & stomach upsetting visit.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Sunday December 23, 2012
Pros: Location, Atmosphere
Cons: Service, Unclear Options, Unspecific Menu
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Mimi710
Points +693
delicious! - Edit
Delicious vegan pizzas! (Even if half of your pizza falls off of your plate onto the table in a drunken state - it tastes good eaten off of the table too.) You can buy by the slice or get a whole pizza. They stop doing whole pizzas past a certain point though. Open until 2am!
Read morePros: yummy vegan pizzas, quick service, open late
Cons: can't get whole pizzas if it's too late
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